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April 30, 2012

Chocolate Banana Muffins

Stop what you are doing. Go to the store and buy bananas and let them go super ripe. Okay, all set? Let's continue.

These. are. the. best. muffins. EVER. Overripe bananas, cocoa powder, and greek yogurt come together in this muffin to create the moistest, fluffiest muffin you've ever tasted. The scent of banana combined with the richness of chocolate is intoxicating. I was nonchalantly walking from my kitchen back to Mad Men after topping a still warm muffin with a little yogurt and had to stop in my tracks. That good.

I used a recipe from Tyler Florence, my first chef crush, and changed 1/4 cup of flour with natural cocoa powder. In order to account for the cocoa powder, I had to add more moisture by way of greek yogurt and baking powder since baking soda does not leaven cocoa powder. A topper of cinnamon and honey flavored greek yogurt lends this chocolate confection to breakfast.

I think I have about 5 posts on the back burner (har har) but this jumped to the front of the line. So go, go make these and enjoy them as much as I did!